Secrets of the Threshold, by Rudolf Steiner

Topics in these eight lectures include: Lecture 1, the first reference to eurhythmy; deals with the fourth mystery play, The Souls' Awakening. Lecture 2: Ahriman and Lucifer are both necessary and cannot be driven away, but must be balanced. Lecture 3: Elemental world; the first condition is the ability to transform into a foreign being. Lecture 4: In ascent from elemental world to spiritual world; everything of the sensory world must be abandoned. Lecture 5: Professor Capesius. Lecture 6: Roman letter Ahriman. Lecture 7: No royal road; each soul has a unique path. Lecture 8: Lucifer and Ahriman change their roles in different epochs.